• LotrOrc@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    You need IDs to vote in the US as well. Most people register to vote when they get their ID, and for most people, that is your Driver’s License or State ID card. Those already have your information.

    The issues here are they are tightening the ID requirements. Most people in the US dont have passports. In addition, the changes they are making require you to have the passport match your birth certificate. If you get married and take your spouse’s last name, and have that on your passport, you now do not have a valid voter ID.

    This is an easy way to wipe off quite a lot of women, minorities, and poor people from the voting rolls.

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      20 hours ago

      Right, I get it. You have photo IDs (supposedly with chips?) but that’s not necessarily enough to prove citizenship. What should be enough for voting is a voter’s card coupled with the photo ID. And it sounds like that’s what you have now.

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        19 hours ago

        The ID that we currently have specifically do prove citizenship and your eligibility to vote. And again, are checked against the voter registration roll.

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          18 hours ago

          If that’s the case then there really shouldn’t be any reason to complicate it further.

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            8 hours ago

            Which is why republicans are complicating it further. And why you’re defending their actions.